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CIRCULAR AND REGISTER 

OF THE 

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,! 

FROM ITS COMMENCEMENT AT LEXINGTON, 
JULY, 1889, TO DEC, 1846. 




N O R :vr A L li ALL, \V IE S I N K W T O N . 



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BOSTON: 
WILLIAM B. FOWLE, 133^ WASHINGTON STREET. 

1846. 




CIRCULAR AND REGISTER. 



OF THE 



STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, 



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WEST NEWTON, MASS, 



FROM 



ITS COMMENCEMENT AT LEXINGTON, 



JULY, 1839, TO DEC, 1846. 



BOSTON: 
WILLIAM D FOWLE, 138| WASHINGTON STREET, 

1846. 



FOR 

THE YEAR 1S46-7. 

JOHN W. JAMES, Esq., Chairman, Boston. 
H. HUMPHREY, D. D., Pitisfield. 
Rev. H. B. HOOKER, Falmouth. 



C. PEIRCE, Principal, 1839 to 1842, and 1844 to 1846. 

Rev. S. J. MAY, *' from 1S42 to 1844. 

CAROLINE TILDEN, Teacher of Algebra, Arith- 
metic, and Grammar, 

ELECTA N. LINCOLN, Teacher of Geometry, Read- 
ing and Drawing. 

JOSEPH BIRD, Teacher of Vocal Music, 

SARAH WATSON, Teaclter elect in Mathematics for 
1847. 

MARY LIVERMORE, Teacher elect in Music and 
Geography for 1847. 

E. BROWN, Principal of the Model School. 



CATALOGUE OF STUDENTS. 



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N. B. — A star before a name denotes that the person is 
dead. L. T., after the name, denotes that the pupil left at or 
before the close of the first term ; L. Y., that she left before the 
end of her Normal year, but remained more than one term. 



NAMES. 



RESIDENCE. 



Burdick, Susan E. 
Damon, Hannah M. 
Davis, Mary Ann 
Drew, Lydia H. 
*Hawkins, Sarah 
Haskell, Mary R. 
Harris, Louisa 
Ireson, Adeline M. 
Locke, Almira 
Locke, Sarah E. 
O'Connor, Margaret 
Parks, Amanda M. 
Pennell, Rebecca M. 
Pennell, Eliza R. 
Rolph, Louisa 
Stodder, Mary H. 
Swift, Mary 
Smith, Maria L. 
Sparrell, Sarah E. 
Stowe, Lydia Ann 
Wyman, Sarah W. 
Woodman, Susan C. 
Total, 22. 



1839. 



Nantucket. 
West Cambridge. 
Lexington. 
Boston. L. y. 
Charlestown. 
Ashby. L. Y. 
Roxbury. 
Cambridge. 
Epsom, N. H. 
Lexington. 
Cambridge. 
Lincoln, l. y. 
Wrentham. 



Newton 
Boston. 
Nantucket 
Lincoln. 
Med ford. 
Dedham. 
Roxbury. 
Boston. L. 



L. T. 



L. Y. 



y. 



NAMES. 



RESIDENCE. 



1840. 



Bowthorpe, Isabella 
Clarke, Louisa B. 
Chamberlain, Harriet A. 
Fiske, Mary E. 
Fessenden, Jane 
Harrington, Clarissa 
Howe, Elizabeth Ann 
Kimball, Abby 
Johnson, Emily 
Johnson, Susan S. 
Newell, Almira 
Nelson, Jessemina S, 
Nelson, Catharine R. 
Rogers, Eliza Ann 
Rogers, Hannah P. 
Spiller, Louisa A. 
Smith, Julia Ann 
Souther, Catharine C. 
Torrin, Rebecca 
Viles, Martha A. 
Viles, Rebecca D. 
Winship, Louisa 
Total, 22. 



^Andrews, Betsey 
Burton, Elizabeth L 
Battelle, Elizabeth M. 
Bray ton, Mary 
Burton, Maria 
Cotton, Sally M. 



1841. 



Charlestown. 
South Boston. 
Brookfield. l. y. 
Lexington. 



Boston. L. Y. 

Dracut. 

Lexington. 

Pawtucket. 
South Boston. 
Lexington. 
Billerica. 

Salem. 
Lexington. 
South Boston. 
Boston. 
Lexington. 



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L. Y, 



Rockport. L. T. 
Wilton, N. H. 
Fall River. 

Wilton, N. H. 
Boylston. 



NAMES. 



RESIDENCE. 



Canedy, Betsey L. 

*Coffin, Amelia L. 

Clapp, Clara L. 

Dudley, Martha Ann 

Everett, Ann S. 

Frothingham, Ellen H. 

Flint, Caroline B. 

Hosmer, Margaret G. 

Howe, Mary B. 

James, Harriet M. 

Johnson, Harriet N. 

Jackson, Jennette 

Kidder, Laura A. 

Lord, Sarah A. 

Livermore, Mary 

*Myrick, Eliza M. 

Molineaux, Mary F. 

*Newhall, Mary B. 

Pond, Julia A. 

Parmenter, Esther 

Potter, Gynthia B. 

Paige, Maria E. 

4- Paddock, Mary C. 

-^Putnam, Sarah 

•^ Palmer, Emma C. 

" Pearce, Nancy E. 

Russell, Mary Ann 

Southwick, Alpha 

Saville, Charlotte W. 

Swift, Catharine 

Stebbins, Emily 

Taber, Sarah W. 



Fall River. 

Nantucket, l. y. 

Boston. 

Roxbury. 

South Boston. 

Boston. L. Y. 

Lincoln. 

Boston. 

Beverly. 

West Bridge water. 

Lincoln. 

Philadelphia. L. T. 

Medford. l. t. 

Northfield. 

Milford, N. H. 

Nantucket, l. t. 

Chelsea, l. t. 

Lynn. 

Dedham. 

VValtham. 

Pawtucket. 

New Salem. 

E. Dennis. 

N. Reading, l. y. 

Woodstock, Conn. 

Gloucester. 

Cambridge. 

Mendon. l. t. 

Fall River. 

Nantucket, l, t. 

Wilbraham. 

Roxbury. 



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NAMES. 


RESIDENCE. 


*^Tufts, Emeline A. 


AtLleboro\ 


Wight, Sarah 


Wayland. 


Worsley, Mary E. 


Beverly. 


Warren, Frances A. 


Bangor, Me. 


Total, 42. 






1842. 


Bulfinch, Mary 0. 


Nahant. 


*Bacon, Maria E. 


Salem. 


Bull, Harriet JVL 


South Boston. 


Blake, Mary A. 


West Cambridge. 


Blaney, Frances C. 


Boston. 


Coolidge, Hannah E. 


(C 


Copeland, Sarah W. P. 


C( 


Case, Harriet 


New Bedford, l. y. 


Curtis, Louisa 




Downes, Elizabeth C. 


Boston. 


Dexter, Mary E. 


Gloucester, l. y. 


Damon, Delia 


West Cambridge. 


*Ellms, Mary H. 


South Boston. 


Fiske, Elizabeth S. 


Wrentham. 


Flint, Susan 


Lincoln. 


Goodridge, Caroline E, 


Charlestown. 


Hood, Ann xM. 


Nahant. l. t. 


Hagar, Lucia 


Lincoln. 


Hopper, Mary 


New York. 


Howes, Susanna 


Dennis. 


Judkins, Henrietta M. 


Boston. 


Judkins, Maria 


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Ives, Mary B. 


Salem. 


Lincoln, Electa N. 


Boston. 


Lincoln, Mary Maria 


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NAMES. 


RESIDENCE. 


Moore, Ann J. H. 


Boston. 


Morris, Caroline A. 


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Miles, Mary E. 


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Spear, Elizabeth 


L. T. 


Thompson, Eliza W. 


West Cambridge. 


Williams, Abby O. 


Salem. 


Weld, Anna T. 


Beverly, l. t. 


Whittier, Mary P. 


West Amesbury. l. y. 


Whitney, Ann Maria 


N. Attleboro'. 


Wilbur, Elizabeth 


Boston. 


Whitney, Harriet 


N. Attleboro'. 


Total, 36. 






1843. 


Aborn, Elizabeth J. 


South Reading. 


Blake, Eleanor W. 


Charlestown. 


Brown, Louisa M. 


Weston. 


Boody, Martha F. 


Salem. 


Burchstead, Mary 


Boston. 


Ball, Augusta 


Concord. 


Cutter, Helen 


South Scituale. 


Downing, Lucy A. 


Lexington. 


Davis, Joanna W* 


South Boston. 


Dow, Emma 


L. T. 


Fiske, Levina 


Lexington. 


Fiske, Ellen A. 


Lincoln, l. t. 


Field, Mary P. 


Weston. 


Fiske, Lucretia 


Lexington. 


Fletcher, Hannah R, 


Chelmsford. 


Hall, Helen E. 


Boston. 


*Hathaway, Abby P. 


Freetown, l. y. 


Harris, Mary R. 


Boston. 


Lerned, Elizabeth T. 


Hopkinton, N. H. l. t. 



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NAMES. 



RESIDENCE. 



Lane, Jane L. 
Lucas, Mary E. 
Mulliken, Lydia W. 
*Mann, Elizabeth G. 
Manning, Hannah M. 
Matchett, Catharine A. 
Norcross, Eleanor M. 
Parker, Mary Ann 
Parker, Abba M. 
Pierce, Augusta M. 
Page, Susan 
Parker, Emeline A. 
Richardson, Rebecca S. 
^Richards, Mary F. 
Rogers, Sarah B. 
Rogers, Judith 
Rich, Abigail S. 
Stanley, Abba A. 
Stevens, Maria M. 
Sargeant, Louisa A. 
Shermen, Frances C. 
Spaulding, Hannah E. 
Stearns, Mary E. 
Temple, Fidelia 
Vinton, Charlotte S. 
Viles, Emeline 
Warren, Eliza A. 
Total, 46. 



Adams, Eleanor S. 
Allen, Lucy C. 



1844. 



Cambridge. 

Carver. 

Lexington. 

Wrentham. 

South Boston. 

Brighton. 

Lincoln. 

Billerica. 

Boston. 

Charlestown. 

West Newton. 

Brookline. 

South Reading. 

Attleboro'. 

Billerica. 

Boston. L. Y. 

Dorchester. 

Norton. 

Warwick. 

Boston. 

E. Chelmsford. 
Dracut. 
Marlborough. 
Providence, R. 1. 
Montague, l. t. 
Chelmsford. 



Lexington. 
Northborough, 



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NAMES. 



RESIDENCE. 



Adams, Frances B. 
Appleton, Anna E. 
Abbott, Clara 
Barber, Lydia Maria 
Burnham, Caroline M. 
^Baldwin, Martha K. 
Batteile, Sarah J. 
Blish, Hannah 
Brett, Mary M. 
Brown, Abigail H. 
Brown^ Elizabeth H, 
Bulfinch, D^lia 
Clapp, Helen 
Creamer, JIannah G. 
Choate, Sarah M. 
Chase, Hannah E. 
Clapp, Lucretia 
Cotton, Susan D. 
Cushing, Harriet B. 
Coburn, Eliza Jane 
Cotton, Martha 
Darling, Clarissa 
Everett, Eliza M. 
Fowle, Ellen C. 
Fowle, Araminta A» 
'^Flint, Mary 
Gorham, Lydia H. 
Glover, Elizabeth 
Harrington, Angeline 
Hastings, Almira J. 
Henchman, Mary A. 
Johnson, Sarah Ann 



Boston. 

Walt ham. 

Northfield. l. y. 

South Boston. 

Wayland, 

Dover. 

Boston. 

E. Stoughton, 

Lincoln. 

Waltham. 

Lynn, 

South Scituate. 

Salem. 

Woburn. 

S, Woburn. 

S. Scituate, 

Boston. 

Hingham. 

Boston, 

Mendon. 

Wrenthanci. 

Boston. 

West Cambridge, 

Lincoln, l. y. 

Cambridge. 

Dorchester. 

Lowell. L. T. 

Boston. 

Lexington, l. y. 

West Cambridge. 



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NAMES. 


RESIDENCE. 


Ireson, Harriet I. 


Lynn. 


Janes, Elvira 


Medfield. 


Johnson, Zelinda D. 


Woburn. 


Johnson, Elizabeth A. 


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Messenger, Abba F. 


Wrentham. l. y. 


Mulliken, Elizabeth 


Lexington. 


Mann, Eliza S. 


Wrentham, 


Oakes, Catharine V. H. 


Boston. 


Page, Ann Eliza 


West Newton. 


Palmer, Elizabeth H. 


Boston. 


Pennell, Marc la 


Wrentham. l. y. 


*Robins(lfh, Lovina M- 


East Lexington. 


Russell, Susanna C. 


Somerville. 


Reed, Cordelia R, 


Springfield. 


Stimpson, Ellen M. 


Boston. 


Shaw, Hannah D. 


Lexington, l. y. 


Simonds, Susan C. 


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Skilton, Caira 


East Lexington. 


Sewall, Elizabeth S. 


Medfield. 


Stowe, Frances E. 


Northborough. 


Smith, Sarah C. 


Lincoln. 


Swift, Susan 


Philadelphia. 


Tyler, Frances A. 


Boston. 


Thompson, Mary 


Sudbury. 


Trowbridge, Adeline 


Newton. 


Wight, Mary J. 


Dorchester. 


Whittemore, Caroline S. 


West Cambridge. 


Weston, Ann E. 


Lincoln. 


Total, 62. 


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NAMES. 



RESIDENCE. 



1845. 



Austin, Elizabeth G. 
Bruce, Sarah B. 
Battelle, Caroline E. 
Beers, Lydia 
Burbank, Jane 
Ball, Angelina 
Corlies, Margaret 
Cook, Lucretia 
Cook, Mary G. 
Clarke, Sarah A. 
♦Colburn Mary C. 
Corey, Catharine R. 
Copeland Catharine E. 
Chase, Martha Ann 
Colburn, Emily 
Curtis, Mary 
Day, Clarissa A, 
Davis, Lucy 
Dyer, Dinah 
Everett, Elizabeth 
Emerson, Rachel W. 
Fox, Mary E. 
Fisher, Mary A. 
Fales, Caroline E. 
Hall, Maria 
Harding, Calista 
Hathaway, Joanna P. 
Hartwell, Caroline A. 
Holt, Martha A. 
Johnston, Mary E. 
Kingsbury, Sarah B. 



Nantucket. 

Boston. 

Need ham. 

Woburn. l. y. 

Newton, Lower Falls. 

Concord. 

Trenton, N. J. 

Northfield. 

Somerville. l. t. 

Water town. 

Lincoln, l. y. 

Water town. 

Boston. 

Cabotville. 

Boston. 

Hallowell, Me. l. t. 

N. Wrentham. l. y. 

Templeton. l. y. 

Truro. 

Boston. 

Waltham. 

Fitchburg. L. t. 

Northborough. 

Wrentham. 

Dorchester, l. y. 

N. Wrentham. l. y. 

Freetown. 

South Natick. 

Fitchburg. 

Gloucester, l. t. 

Newton, Upper Falls. 



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NAMES. 



RESIDENCE. 



Kent, Harriet C. 
Ireson, Helen 
Mason, Harriet 
Mason, Ann 
Mills, Elizabeth 
Moore, Jane C. 
Newton, Helen M. 
Newhall, Mary L. 
Parkhurst, Hannah M. 
Pearce, Frances 
Plympton, Harriet H. 
Putnam, Mary S. 
Powers, Louisa 
Rogers, Sarah S. 
Rogers, Caroline A. 
Rice, Liiey C. 
Russell, Caroline 

Russell, Martha. 
Stone, Lydia R. 

Sargeant, Mary Ann 

Shaw, Emily L. 

Sanderson, Augusta 

^^Sturtevant, Mary E. 

S learns, M»i^' Theresa ^^<. 

Thomas, Elizabeth F. 

Wheeler, Eleanor 

Watson, Sarah 

Total, 5S. 



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1S46. 



Brigham, Harriette 
Bennett, Dolly 
Bailey, Eliza A. 



W. Newton, l. t. 

Lynn. 

Gloucester. 

Needham. 

Newton. 

Fitchburg. 

Fall River, l. y. 

Dunstable. 

Gloucester, l. t. 

Med way. l. t. 

Fitchburg. 

Weston. 

Gloucester, l. t. 

Needham. 

Watertown. 
New Bedford. 
Tern pie ton. 

Newton. 

Nantucket. 

Boston. 

Newton, U. F. l. t. 

Salem, l. t, 

Amherst. 

Watertown. 

Nantucket. 



Bolton. 

Northwood, N. H. 
Boston. L. T. 



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NAMES. 



RESIDENCE. 



*Bent, Lucy J. 
Bacheler, Charlotte 
Cassell, Angelia 
Corlies, Annie E. 
Crosby, Jane 
Crosbv, Elizabeth 
Chad wick, Mary E. 
Capen, Jane 
Cook, Jane 
Cotton, Mary E. 
Cutler, Sarah A. 
Child, Angelina 
Clapp, Frances 
Capron, Eleanor 
Claflin, Sarah A. 
Day, Ellen M. 
Davis, Eleanor 
Demmon, Laura M. 
Ellery, Lavinia 
Field, Frances E. 
Fitts, Almeria E. 
Field, Caroline J. 
Field, Phila A. 
Farnham, Mary H. 
Fenno, Frances 
Fessenden, Mary E. 
Frost, Caroline L. 
Goss, Mary W. 
Gavette, Ellen H. 
Gardner, Eliza 
Gilbert Eugenia 
Huffmaster, Frances 



Sudbury, l. t. 
Attleboro'. 
Truro. 

Trenton, N. J. 
Boston. 
East Boston. 
South Boston. 

Northfield, 
Boston. 
Lexington. 
Walthann. 
Scituate. 
Providence, E,. I, 
North Chelmsford. 
Gloucester. 

Cambridge. 

Hopkinton. 

Boston. 

East Salisbury. 

Weston. 

Northfield. 

South Boston. 

Chelsea. 

Boston. 

Lincoln, l. t. 
Brookline. 
South Walpole. 
W. Newton. 
Lexington. 



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NAMES. 


RESIDENCE. 


Hutchinson, Eliza R. 


Fitchburg. 


Hartwell, Joanna E. 


Lexington. 


Hearsey, Deborah B. 


Frankfort, Me. 


Hall, Hannah 


W. Cambridge, l. t. 


Hay ward, Sarah C. 


Boston. 


Holder, Phebe A. 


Berlin. 


Jarvis, Frances H. 


Concord. 


Johnson, Sarah 


Nahant. 


Johnson, Hannah M. 


(C 


Longley, Sarah H. 


Shirley, l. t. 


Lane, Frances M. 


Charlesiown. 


Locke, Elizabeth N. 


Lexington. 


Mann, Isabella 


Orford, N. H. 


McFarland, Louisa M. 


Boston. 


Morse, .Augusta 


Sherburne. 


Mulliken, Augusta 


Lexington. 


Pierce, Sarah E. 


Boston. 


Pratt, Eliza H. 


a 


Page, Augusta 


South Walpole. 


Paddock, Precinda M. 


Boston. 


Smith, Sarah B. 


Gloucester. 


Smith, Sarah A. 


Boston. L. T. 


Stratton, Augusta E. 


North field. 


Stratten, Sarah A. 


(C 


Staigg, Anna J. 


Newport, R. I. 


Shannon, Ann E. 


Salem. 


Stearns, Amelia L. 


Leominster. 


Stimpson, Charlotte F. 


Boston. 


Stratten, Catharine D. 


South Natick, 


Stratten, Harriet A. 


cc 


Stone, Ellen 


Shrewsbury. 


Stone, Maria L. 


West Newton. 




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JSAMES. 



RESIDENCE. 



Tliaver, Sarah G. 
Tracy, Mary E. 

Underwood, Susan M. 
Whittemore, Eliza A. 
Winnek, Louisa A. H. 
Wade, Lois J. 
Ware, Julia S. 
Webb, Mary E. 
Weston, Helen L. 
Total, 76. 



Eoxbury. 
Sheldon, Vt. 
S. Hingham. 
West Cambridge. 

Pittsburg, Pa. 
Orrington, Me. 
Chelsea. 
Bloomfield, Me. 



Whole number that have entered the School, 364 

Whole number that continued one year or more, 803 

Number deceased, 16 

Number married, 29 



REMARKS. 

Normal Schools are designed for lliose only who pur- 
pose to teach, and especially for those who purpose to 
teach in the Common School. 

The School at West Newton is for females only. 

E NTRANCE. 
Conditions of : — 

1. Age must be at least 16 years. 

2. Explicit declaration of intention to become a 
Teacher. 

3. Certificate of good moral, intellectual and physical 
character. 

4. Pass a satisfactory examination in the common 
branches, viz : Reading, spelling, arithmetic, grammar, 
writing and geography. 

5. Pledge to remain in the school at least one year. 

6. All the candidates for entrance should be at Nor- 
mal Hall on the morning of the day on which the term 
commences, at half-past 8 o'clock. None are admitted 
after the^rs^ week of the term, and none after the first 
day, but for special reasons. 

7. Each pupil, at entrance, must be supplied with 
slate and pencil, blank book, Bible, Worcester's Dictiona- 
ry, Colburn's Mental Arithmetic and Sequel, Fowle's 
or Morse's Geography and Atlas. Many of the other 
books used will be loaned from the Library of the School, 



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TERMS AND VACATIONS. 

There are three terms in the year ; one of 12, and 
the other two of 15 weeks each. The Winter term of 12 
weeks, commences on the 2d Wednesday in January ; 
the Summer term, of 15 weeks, commences on the 2d 
Wednesday in April ; and the Autumn term, on the 2cf 
Wednesday in September. Between the Summer and 
Autumn term, there is a vacation of 6 weeks; between 
each of the other terms, a vacation of 2 weeks. The 
pupils who live in the vicinity, have leave to go home 
on Saturday morning, and stay until Monday morning. 

No session will be held either on Thanksgiving or 
Anniversary week, after Wednesday. 

EXAMINATIONS. 

The school is visited and examined by the Visiting 
Committee at the close of each term ; and there is an 
annual public examination held at the end of the autumn 
term. 

TUITION. 

For those who live in the State, and purpose to keep 
public schools in the State, tuition is free, — for all others 
it is $10 per term. At the beginning of each term, each 
pupil pays to the Principal $1 25, to meet incidental ex- 
penses. The whole annual expense is about $100. 

BOAR D. 

Board may be had in good families for $2 to $2 25 
per week, including fuel and washing. Some of the pu- 
pils take rooms, and board themselves at a lower rate. 

LIBRARY AND APPARATUS. 

A well selected library, consisting mostly of works on 
Education, has been procured. Also, a well assorted 
apparatus for the illustration of principles in Natural 
Philosophy, Chemistry, &c. 

COURSE OF STUDY. 
English branches only are taught in the School. 



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STUDIES. 

JUIVIORS. 

1. Orthography — Worcester's Dictionary, and promis- 
cuous selections, Fowle's Comnnon School Speller and 
Companion to Spelling Books. 

2. Enunciation and Reading — Russell's Orthophony, 
The Normal Chart, Bumstead's and Fowle's Tables. 

0. Geography and Map Drawing — Fowle's and Morse's 
Geography, and various Outline Maps. 

4. Writing — National Writing Book. 

5. Arithmetic — Colburn's First Lessons and Sequel, 
Greenleaf's, &c. 

6. Physiology — Combe's and Cutter's. 

7. Punctuation — Rules from Wells's Grammar and 
examples. 

8. Phonography. 

9. Drawing — Fowle's '' Eye and Hand." 

[middle class. 

1. Orthography. 

2. Writing. 

3. Reading. 

4. Ancient Geography and Map Drawing — Worces- 
ter's Ancient Geography. 

5. Arithmetic. j c? i .• ^ • ^u 

/, pi hi "^^^^c^^o^s from various authors. 

7. The Globes -Problems. 

8. Algebra — ^^Colburn's, Daviefe', and Sherwin's. 

9. Geometry — Plane, Solid — Thomson's Legendre. 

10. Grammar — De Sacy's, Fowle's,^^ Wells's. 

11. Scripture Reading. 

12. History— Willson's U. S. 

SENIORS. 

1. x^^lgebra — Sherwin's, Davies', Bourdon's. 

2. Geometry — Davies'. 

3. Reading, and Scripture Reading. 

4. Orthography. 

5. Natural Philosophy — Olmstead's. 

6. Astronomy — Olmstead's. 

7. Rhetoric — Newman's. 

8. Constitution of U. S., Story's ; Sullivan's Political 
Class Book. 



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9. Book-keeping — Thomas's or Winchester's, also by 
general lessons, and Comer's. 
iO. Moral Philosophy — Wayland's, Combe's. 
11. Mental do. 

EX-SENIORS. 

Some of the foregoing, together with — 
\, Trigonometry — Davies'. 

2. Surveying — Davies'. 

3. Spherical Geometry — Davies'. 

All the school attend to vocal music, drawing, and 
composition, during the entire year. 

. Moral Philosophy is taught to the whole school in re- 
marks, or familiar lectures from the Principal, in con- 
nection with the opening exercises in the morning. 

A general lesson, or lecture, is given to the whole 
school, immediately after the morning recess, each day. 
Subjects, miscellaneous, moral, scientific and historical. 

On one day of the week, the school engage in a gen- 
eral teaching exercise, when the pupils choose their sub- 
jects, and teach before the whole school. Written ques- 
tions, in various departments, are also occasionally given 
out for discussion or solution. 

Connected with the vschool is a model department or 
experimental school, which is also intended to be a pre- 
paratory school to the Normal Department. In this, the 
pupils of the senior class of the Normal School teach in 
rotation, under the supervision of a permanent Principal. 

For ^SQ days in the week, the school holds two ses- 
sions a day, of 3 to 3 1-2 hours each. 

The pupils are expected to devote from 2 to 2 1-2 
hours each day to study out of school. 

Each term, the members of the lower classes are ex- 
amined for advancement to higher classes. 

G R A D U A T E S . 

Graduates of the School are requested to report them- 
selves, their schools, &c. to the Principal, and thus ena- 
ble him to assist them in procurina: Schools. 



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